Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridgeshire
The Kite Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £667k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
- Where
- Cambridgeshire, Peterborough City
- Website
- www.thekitetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£667k£713k
- 2024£667k£596k
- 2023£388k£446k
Earlier years
- 2022£432k£378k
- 2021£9k£44k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 30 OR UNDER, WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, NON-BINARY OR QUESTIONING THEIR SEXUAL OR GENDER IDENTITY AND LIVING IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH: A. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE B. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS C. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH D. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY 2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A. THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN PARTICULAR ON THE GROUNDS OF BEING LESBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER OR QUESTIONING OF THEIR SEXUAL GENDER IDENTITY BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; B. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS (IN PARTICULAR IN RESPECT OF THEIR BEING LESBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER OR QUESTIONING OF THEIR SEXUAL GENDER IDENTITY); AND C. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
Grants received
24 grants · £1,604,620 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £857,077 (5 grants)
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £284,993 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £249,600
- BBC Children in Need · £90,500 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Jess Webb since 2026
- John Leighton since 2026
- Naomi Graves since 2026
- Roeland Van der Heiden since 2026
- Rosemary Ann Logan Jack since 2024
- Stephen Cheetham since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Jess Webb since 2026
- Naomi Graves since 2026
- Roeland Van der Heiden since 2026
- Rosemary Ann Logan Jack since 2024
- Stephen Cheetham since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- John Leighton since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189936
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 15 JUN 2020 AS AMENDED ON 04 FEB 2021AMENDED ON 22 MAR 2022 as amended on 19 Jan 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01223369508 · info@thekitetrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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